Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-01-12

ma the dwelling Of that good-for.nothinp
The letter said, ON the left"
,l see not thing, except lots and the
ulsused entrance of 4 quarry"
ilad you not better inquire the way -,
III would be surer here comes n enc.
tom-honse officer who will inform Ms -
Hiolng up to the eXcise.man. who WAC
walking about with his pipe in his
mouth, Cassonade said TO him pniitoI,,
ara touching his hat at the same time
-. van you tell me where Monsiaur
blroulas, the coal merchant, lives9"
Inc custom-house officer looked attap.
once reply. $500 >''O "o' at
"Go behind that She'd" said he at
last and fifty yards from here Won will
see the door Of the house"
thanks, officer" said Cassonade. 90.
ing with Cambremer in the given direc.
ton. e''o'' "'iec-
=, The man in the green coat followed
them with his eyes for an instant and
then fastened to his men. GNU
The road which the cheyalier followed
was lmperiectly defined, but after hoving
passed wooden barrack which impeded
the view he saw Il good-sized buildinp
surrounded by high wall. q
Let us agree as to what we shall do.
SAID he, without stopping. az will 90 in
lrst and speak to the man alone, and
you must take care to keep near me in
order to secure our retreat in case of n
surprise"
" BE at ease, sir; have no pistols. but
have stick; and, besides / have good
eyes and nimble feet"
In less than five minutes thew came
before door painted red, as NJ. Joseph
had announced, and could make out the
following sign, written in ink upon a bit
oiswhite board: "Biroulas & Co., Belgian
Coal"
Cassonade looked for bell to ring, but
he saw that the door was open and he
had only to push it to enter. He found
himself in square yard where there
was nothing to indicate that it was a coal
yard, except some black spots on the
ground.
Ills business does not seem to be
very flourishing," said Cassonade to him
self
AT the end OF the yard, on the ground
lloor," muttered the chevalier, repeating
the directions given in the letter
Strange! one can walk in here as he
would into mill; there cannot be much
to steal"
"The strangest thing of all is that
there is no one here"
"Ah, yes over there, sir, in front of
us, there is a sign with Office on it.
You are right" said Cambremer,
going quickly across the yard.
The inscription pointed out by Casson-
AIDE was posted up on glass door, and
on looking closer at it the chevalier saw
written upon it, besides:
"The office is at the end of the hall.
Go up two steps"
Let us 90 in" said he.
This must be the castle of the Sleep
ing Beauty' exclaimed Cassonade, see
ing that the hall was as solitary as the
yard, and very dark besides.
Cambremer went forward stealthily,
and felt the wall as he went. This walk
ing along in the dark soon made the
squire impatient, and he began to call
out, knocking with his cane
'llere wake up! Where are your"
lie had scarcely done So and the
chevalier was turning toward him to bid
him be silent, when suddenly the earth
gave way beneath them.
The first effect OF a heavy fall is to take
away an NoiioOlouohcoS vi "laI Is happen
ing, even before the person who is falling
touches the ground.
This was the case with the chevalier
and his squire. They lost their footing
80 suddenly that they did not know what
had happened to them.
Cassonade uttered loud cry, while
Cambremer had the courage or the pres
ence OF mind to keep quiet But their
fate was precisely the same, for, after
whirling through the air, they felt ter
rible shock and lost consciousness.
IL be continual \